A Close Up is a shot of just someones face. It is very important when using conversation in movies and helps with storytelling.
A Medium Shot is the most common shot in movies as it shows more than a close up but less than a long shot.
A Long Shot is a shot of a characters whole body.It is not as big as an establishing shot.
A Dolly Zoom shot is when the camera goes towards something, while everything around zooms out.
An Establishing Shot shows where the following scene is going to take place and is usually high up, showing a whole building or other setting.
A Low Angle Shot is a shot looking up at someone or something from low down. It is especially good to show power and dominance.
A High Angle Shot is a shot looking down at someone or something from high up. It is especially good at showing someone alone or showing that they're weak.
An Over-The-Shoulder Shot is a shot looking over the shoulder of someone, looking at another subject from behind the shoulder.This is commonly used in conversation and can establish a connection in a conversation between two subjects.
A Pan shot is a shot moving either left-to-right or right-to-left. It is commonly used in car chases and at the start of a scene with an establishing shot, making a panning-establishing shot.
A POV Shot or Point-Of-View Shot is a shot from the perspective of a character in a film. This is commonly used in horrors, as it can portray what life is like in a antagonists eyes.
A Tilt shot moves from down-to-up or up-to-down, so is like a panning shot but moves vertically rather than horizontally. A shot moving up towards the sky if often the closing shot of many movies.
A Top Shot is a shot looking down at a subject, and so views it from a birds-eye-view perspective. Commonly shot to reflect the intensity of the movie so far, therefore it can be a prolonged shot.
A Tracking Shot is a shot that follows a subject from behind, to the side, or in front of it.
A Two-Shot is a shot that films two people. This can be used to establish links between two characters.
A Zoom shot allows the camera to get closer to a subject without physically moving the camera. Crash zooms do the same but are much quicker.
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